Gretchen McSomething
@g-mcsomething.bsky.social
local swamp witch trying to get by
Walyalup, Whadjuk Boodjar
Walyalup, Whadjuk Boodjar
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Currently playing a guessing game called "is that a typo or did I get autocorrected?"
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He’s out fighting Skynet while everyone around him are like “I know Skynet is bad, but I only use it to do all my tasks so that I have more time to consume other Skynet-manufactured media.”
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
He’s out fighting Skynet while everyone around him are like “I know Skynet is bad, but I only use it to do all my tasks so that I have more time to consume other Skynet-manufactured media.”
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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[update] In Progress: #AO3 maintenance has begun! We expect to be down for about 20 hours, but we’ll keep you updated on any changes.
AO3 Maintenance
#AO3 maintenance has begun! We expect to be down for about 20 hours, but we’ll keep you updated on any changes.
stspg.io
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
[update] In Progress: #AO3 maintenance has begun! We expect to be down for about 20 hours, but we’ll keep you updated on any changes.
Let's try a variation on a meme.
10 living authors who I own 5 or more books by:
Ben Aaronovitch
Lois McMaster Bujold
James Ellroy
Frances Hardinge
N.K. Jemison
Ann Leckie
Nick Mamatas
Silvia Moreno Garcia
Jeff VanderMeer
Martha Wells
10 living authors who I own 5 or more books by:
Ben Aaronovitch
Lois McMaster Bujold
James Ellroy
Frances Hardinge
N.K. Jemison
Ann Leckie
Nick Mamatas
Silvia Moreno Garcia
Jeff VanderMeer
Martha Wells
September 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Let's try a variation on a meme.
10 living authors who I own 5 or more books by:
Ben Aaronovitch
Lois McMaster Bujold
James Ellroy
Frances Hardinge
N.K. Jemison
Ann Leckie
Nick Mamatas
Silvia Moreno Garcia
Jeff VanderMeer
Martha Wells
10 living authors who I own 5 or more books by:
Ben Aaronovitch
Lois McMaster Bujold
James Ellroy
Frances Hardinge
N.K. Jemison
Ann Leckie
Nick Mamatas
Silvia Moreno Garcia
Jeff VanderMeer
Martha Wells
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OUT: leap days
IN: 278-day February every 1000 years
IN: 278-day February every 1000 years
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
OUT: leap days
IN: 278-day February every 1000 years
IN: 278-day February every 1000 years
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't grunge.
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't grunge.
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You can trust AI, put personal information in AI, credit card numbers fit perfectly in AI's mouth
September 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
You can trust AI, put personal information in AI, credit card numbers fit perfectly in AI's mouth
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Big popular accounts add alt text to you screenshots challenge (impossible).
September 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Big popular accounts add alt text to you screenshots challenge (impossible).
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You sure about this, Google?
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You sure about this, Google?
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I feel like Tom Lehrer's brilliance was one of those universally recognized facts. My grandfather, who spent his latter years traveling the country recruiting for an evangelical cult, asked to hear "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" on his deathbed. RIP, Tom.
July 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I feel like Tom Lehrer's brilliance was one of those universally recognized facts. My grandfather, who spent his latter years traveling the country recruiting for an evangelical cult, asked to hear "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" on his deathbed. RIP, Tom.
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My favorite ex-showgirl bartender said she had an entire routine in the 60s set to this www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytG...
Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My favorite ex-showgirl bartender said she had an entire routine in the 60s set to this www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytG...
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"AI Free" needs to become almost like a brand, a logo, a recognisable high watermark seal of quality. Companies should be clambering over one another to attain this prestigious accreditation. Companies that have gone all-in on AI will have to bear the cost of having it removed, like asbestos.
July 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"AI Free" needs to become almost like a brand, a logo, a recognisable high watermark seal of quality. Companies should be clambering over one another to attain this prestigious accreditation. Companies that have gone all-in on AI will have to bear the cost of having it removed, like asbestos.
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Really badass graffiti spotted in town
July 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Really badass graffiti spotted in town
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I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it.
IG twicesoldtales
IG twicesoldtales
July 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it.
IG twicesoldtales
IG twicesoldtales
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"Don't suffer for your art" means go to fucking therapy, get enough sleep, keep your fridge stocked, don't accept shitty contract terms that leave you starving.
It does not mean "be a lazy-ass bitch using the plagiarism machine instead of your own fucking brain to become a better storyteller".
It does not mean "be a lazy-ass bitch using the plagiarism machine instead of your own fucking brain to become a better storyteller".
July 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Don't suffer for your art" means go to fucking therapy, get enough sleep, keep your fridge stocked, don't accept shitty contract terms that leave you starving.
It does not mean "be a lazy-ass bitch using the plagiarism machine instead of your own fucking brain to become a better storyteller".
It does not mean "be a lazy-ass bitch using the plagiarism machine instead of your own fucking brain to become a better storyteller".
I don't usually listen to podcasts, but this was a lot of fun.
New Wizards & Spaceships episode to harsh ur squee! wizardsandspaceships.ca/2025/07/15/s...
Season 2, Episode 3: Against Hopepunk ft. Nick Mamatas - Wizards and Spaceships
In this wide-ranging conversation with multitalented author and editor Nick Mamatas, we talk about crushing your joy, corporate greed in the publishing and music production industries, and why the 80s...
wizardsandspaceships.ca
July 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don't usually listen to podcasts, but this was a lot of fun.
Honestly, same.
no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
July 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Honestly, same.
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this may be the pinnacle of my science communication career
January 27, 2024 at 12:50 AM
this may be the pinnacle of my science communication career
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"I am actually a princess," the frog said.
"Oh no!" said the prince.
"My curse can only be lifted by a prince listening to me."
"Of course," said the prince, and bent down with puckered lips.
"What are you doing?!"
"Kissing you, like you asked!"
"No!"
The frog hopped away, muttering.
"Oh no!" said the prince.
"My curse can only be lifted by a prince listening to me."
"Of course," said the prince, and bent down with puckered lips.
"What are you doing?!"
"Kissing you, like you asked!"
"No!"
The frog hopped away, muttering.
June 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"I am actually a princess," the frog said.
"Oh no!" said the prince.
"My curse can only be lifted by a prince listening to me."
"Of course," said the prince, and bent down with puckered lips.
"What are you doing?!"
"Kissing you, like you asked!"
"No!"
The frog hopped away, muttering.
"Oh no!" said the prince.
"My curse can only be lifted by a prince listening to me."
"Of course," said the prince, and bent down with puckered lips.
"What are you doing?!"
"Kissing you, like you asked!"
"No!"
The frog hopped away, muttering.
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This! Or in the words of Grace Petrie,
“all the laws are on the side
of just two sexes
so one may always be denied”
“all the laws are on the side
of just two sexes
so one may always be denied”
Yep. Trans people represent an existential threat to patriarchy. If gender is mutable then oppression based on gender is arbitrary
June 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This! Or in the words of Grace Petrie,
“all the laws are on the side
of just two sexes
so one may always be denied”
“all the laws are on the side
of just two sexes
so one may always be denied”
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You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
May 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?
The last panel is depressingly accurate
Generative AI is not your friend or mine. Actually I don't have any friends, maybe I should get one from the computer?! What's that you say? I'm the messiah? Not a surprise tbh www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can we stop racist AI taking over everything? Sure, but we could have stopped climate change as well | First Dog on the Moon
Sinister tales of ineptitude abound as ChatGPT and its horrid friends are now found in even more places
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The last panel is depressingly accurate
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Objectivism: A is A and it's probably A minor.
May 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Objectivism: A is A and it's probably A minor.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope